Leaders Online Desk: Opener Jos Buttler's brilliant unbeaten century saw Rajasthan defeat RCB by six wickets. This is Rajasthan's fourth win in a row in this tournament, while RCB has a hat-trick of defeats. On the strength of Virat Kohli's unbeaten 113, RCB scored 183 for three in 20 overs, but Butler's century and skipper Sanju Samson's knock of 69 allowed Rajasthan to register a victory by scoring 189 for four with five balls to spare. (RR vs RCB)
Bangalore batting
Virat Kohli's unbeaten knock of 113 helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) set a target of 184 runs against Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first, but Kohli and Faf Duplessis proved Samson's decision wrong by putting on a brilliant century partnership for the first wicket. RCB scored 183 runs for 3 in 20 overs on the strength of these two batsmen. For Rajasthan, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets for 34 runs in four overs and became the team's most successful bowler. (RR vs RCB)
Kohli-Duplessis start brilliantly
Samson's decision was overturned as Virat Kohli and captain Faf Duplessis gave RCB a strong start against Rajasthan Royals. Both the batsmen completed half-century partnerships until the end of the powerplay for the first wicket. After six overs, RCB scored 53 runs without losing a single wicket. This is the first time this season that RCB have not lost a single wicket during the Powerplay. At the same time, Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer in the Powerplay this season. Kohli has scored 121 runs so far in this period. Kohli and Duplessis shared a century partnership for the fifth time in the IPL and became the joint second pair with the most century partnerships in the IPL.
Kohli scored his eighth century
Virat Kohli continued his excellent form against Rajasthan and scored his first century of the season. Kohli has become the first player to score a century this season. This is Kohli's eighth century in his IPL career. Kohli completed his century in 67 balls. However, RCB skipper Faf Duplessis missed his half-century against Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan spinner Yuzvendra Chahal gave the team their first success. Duplessis was dismissed for 44 off 33 balls. With this, the 125-run partnership for the first wicket between Kohli and Duplessis was broken. This was the 47th century partnership for RCB in the IPL that Chahal smashed. After this, Nandre Berger gave Rajasthan Royals their second win. Glenn Maxwell returned to the pavilion with one run in three balls. After this, Chahal once again displayed his brilliant bowling and dismissed debutant Sourav Chauhan for nine runs. However, Kohli stood firm from the other end and returned to the pavilion unbeaten with a brilliant century. Kohli hit 12 fours and four sixes in his 72-ball innings.
Trained together, scored hundreds together 🔥🫡 https://t.co/4eeCsVdNwT pic.twitter.com/d1JOqmUFKt
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 6, 2024
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